Towards a solution to MERS : protective human monoclonal antibodies targeting different domains and functions of the MERS-coronavirus spike glycoprotein

The Middle-East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a zoonotic virus that causes severe and often fatal respiratory disease in humans. Efforts to develop antibody-based therapies have focused on neutralizing antibodies that target the receptor binding domain of the viral spike protein thereby blocking receptor binding. Here, we developed a set of human monoclonal antibodies that target functionally distinct domains of the MERS-CoV spike protein. These antibodies belong to six distinct epitope groups and interfere with the three critical entry functions of the MERS-CoV spike protein: sialic acid binding, receptor binding and membrane fusion. Passive immunization with potently as well as with poorly neutralizing antibodies protected mice from lethal MERS-CoV challenge. Collectively, these antibodies offer new ways to gain humoral protection in humans against the emerging MERS-CoV by targeting different spike protein epitopes and functions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Emerging microbes & infections - 8(2019), 1 vom: 01., Seite 516-530

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Widjaja, Ivy [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chunyan [VerfasserIn]
van Haperen, Rien [VerfasserIn]
Gutiérrez-Álvarez, Javier [VerfasserIn]
van Dieren, Brenda [VerfasserIn]
Okba, Nisreen M A [VerfasserIn]
Raj, V Stalin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Wentao [VerfasserIn]
Fernandez-Delgado, Raul [VerfasserIn]
Grosveld, Frank [VerfasserIn]
van Kuppeveld, Frank J M [VerfasserIn]
Haagmans, Bart L [VerfasserIn]
Enjuanes, Luis [VerfasserIn]
Drabek, Dubravka [VerfasserIn]
Bosch, Berend-Jan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Coronavirus
Epitopes
Journal Article
MERS
Receptors, Virus
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 26.06.2019

Date Revised 09.05.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/22221751.2019.1597644

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM295601930